Inthiscasetheymanifestedtheirusualpropensitytogorethewounded，butourappearanceatthatmomentcausedthemtotakeflight，andthis，withthegoringbeingcontinuedalittle，gavemymentheimpressionthattheywerehelpingawaytheirwoundedcompanionHewasshotbetweenthefourthandfifthribs；theballpassedthroughbothlungsandaribontheoppositeside，andthenlodgedbeneaththeskinBut，thoughitwaseightouncesinweight，yetheranoffsomedistance，andwassecuredonlybythepeopledrivinghimintoapoolofwaterandkillinghimtherewiththeirspearsTheherdranawayinthedirectionofourcamp，andthencameboundingpastusagainWetookrefugeonalargeant-hill，andastheyrushedbyusatfullgallopIhadagoodopportunityofseeingthattheleaderofaherdofaboutsixtywasanoldcow；
alltheothersallowedherafullhalf-lengthintheirfrontOnherwitherssatabouttwentybuffalo-birds`Textorerythrorhynchus’，Smith，whichactthepartofguardianspiritstotheanimalsWhenthebuffaloisquietlyfeeding，thisbirdmaybeseenhoppingonthegroundpickingupfood，orsittingonitsbackriddingitoftheinsectswithwhichtheirskinsaresometimesinfestedThesightofthebirdbeingmuchmoreacutethanthatofthebuffalo，itissoonalarmedbytheapproachofanydanger，and，flyingup，thebuffaloesinstantlyraisetheirheadstodiscoverthecausewhichhasledtothesuddenflightoftheirguardianTheysometimesaccompanythebuffaloesintheirflightonthewing，atothertimestheysitasabovedescribed。
AnotherAfricanbird，namely，the`BuphagaAfricana’，attendstherhinocerosforasimilarpurposeItiscalled“kala“inthelanguageoftheBechuanas。
Whenthesepeoplewishtoexpresstheirdependenceuponanother，theyaddresshimas“myrhinoceros“，asiftheywerethebirds。
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